chicken
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
Old English ċȳcen, diminuitive of cocc "cock, rooster" (i.e. cocc, cucc + -en, -in). More at cock, -en
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[edit] Noun
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chicken (countable and uncountable; plural chickens)
- (countable) A domestic fowl, Gallus gallus, especially when young
- (uncountable) The meat from this bird eaten as food.
- (countable, slang) A coward.
- (countable, gay slang) A young, attractive, slim man, usually having little body hair.
- (countable, slang) A young person of either sex.
- A confrontational game in which the participants move toward each other at high speed (usually in automobiles); the player who turns first to avoid colliding into the other is the loser.
[edit] Synonyms
- (bird): cock (male only), chook (Australia), hen (female only), rooster (male only)
- (coward):
- (young, attractive, slim man): twink
- See also Wikisaurus:coward
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terms derived from chicken (noun)
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[edit] Translations
bird
meat
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coward
young, attractive, slim man — see twink
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[edit] Adjective
chicken (comparative more chicken, superlative most chicken)
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[edit] Verb
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to chicken (third-person singular simple present chickens, present participle chickening, simple past and past participle chickened)
- (intransitive) To avoid as a result of fear.
- (intransitive) To develop physical or other characteristics resembling a chicken's, for example, bumps on the skin.
